By Our Staff
ABP Network CEO Avinash Pandey was elected President of the India Chapter of the International Advertising Association (IAA) for the year 2022-23. Abhishek Karnani, Director, Free Press Journal Group, was elected Vice President, Nandini Dias, former CEO of Lodestar UM, is. Secretary and Jaideep Gandhi, Chairman, Another Idea, is Treasurer. Immediate Past President Megha Tata will also be on the Managing Committee.
Other members of the mancom are Srinivasan K Swamy (Chairman & Managing Director, R K Swamy Pvt Ltd), Shreyams Kumar (Managing Director, Mathrubhumi Group), Prasanth Kumar (CEO-South Asia, GroupM), Anant Goenka (Executive Director, The Indian Express Group) and Janak Sarda (Managing Director, Deshdoot Media Group).
The members co-opted at the first Managing Committee meeting were Nina Elavia Jaipuria (Head – Hindi and Kids TV Network, Viacom18), Neeraj Roy, (Founder, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment), Pradeep Dwivedi (Group CEO, Eros Media World PLC), Kranti Gada (President – New Business Opportunities Shemaroo Entertainment) and I.Venkat (Director, Eenadu Group.)
The invitees to the Managing Committee include
Ramesh Narayan, Founder Canco Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
Neena Dasgupta, CEO & Director Zirca Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Rana Barua, Chief Executive Officer, Havas Group India
Partha Sinha, President, The Times of India Group
Dr Bhaskar Das, Veteran mediaperson
Mitrajit Bhattacharya, Founder & President, The Horologists
Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director, Madison Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Alok Jalan, Managing Director, Laqshya Media Group
Rahul Johri, President -Business South Asia, ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd
Rajeev Beotra, Executive Director, HT Media Ltd
Kevin Vaz, Head – Network Entertainment Channels ,Disney Star
Kunal Lalani, Managing Director, Crayons Advertising Pvt Ltd
Ashok Venkatramani, Founder, Intelligent Insights Pvt Ltd
Rani Reddy, Director, Indira Television Ltd.
Monica Nayyar Patnaik, Managing Director, Sambad Group